Change is in the Air

As seems to be the theme this year all over the place, 2009 has brought a lot of changes to mine and my families life. With the tanking of the construction and development community (largely due to the collapse of the financial industry), I have been forced to make major changes in my business and restructure it. The sad side of all this, is having to significantly downsize our staff. I know I am not alone in this, as a lot of my clients have had to do the same thing. This economic downturn has been devastating to my professional community, and it is hard to affect the livelihood of people. However, it was either them or me, and since it is all in my name, I had to make the hard choices.

Of course, in the long term, this will allow me greater flexibility and the opportunity to explore new career directions. I am not sure if I will, but at least the flexibility is there now. Of course, I do love what I do, but I don't always enjoy the small business owner side.

The other significant change we are looking at this year is selling our home. Like a lot of other people, we wish to downsize and simplify. That we have yet to do. Change is never easy, but it can be exciting at the same time. Not to mention emotionally exhausting.

Oh well, Life goes on.